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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2014
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Masahiro Kontani, Wako, JP;
Hiroyuki Sugiura, Wako, JP;
HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An engine including a motorized throttle valve that can implement mutually neighboring disposition of a throttle body and a cylinder head and can implement a good opening and closing responsibility thereof. A swelling portion is formed on a side wall of a valve chamber in such a manner so as to bite between those of throttle bodies which neighbor with each other in order to accept a protrusion of part of a valve system in a radial direction of first and second camshafts. An electric motor is disposed at one side of the group of the throttle bodies. A speed reduction mechanism, for transmitting output power of the electric motor to a valve shaft, is disposed between those throttle bodies, which neighbor with each other at a different location in the group of the throttle bodies, in a neighboring relationship with the valve chamber.